| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: In the duty of reconnoitring the dirigible possesses one great
advantage over its heavier-than-air rival. It can remain
virtually stationary in the air, the propellers revolving at just
sufficient speed to off-set the wind and tendencies to drift. In
other words, it has the power of hovering over a position,
thereby enabling the observers to complete their task carefully
and with deliberation.
On the other hand, the means of enabling an aeroplane to hover
still remain to be discovered. It must travel at a certain speed
through the air to maintain its dynamic equilibrium, and this
speed is often too high to enable the airman to complete his
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: and threw himself at the same time, just as if you had done it yourself, with
a tremendous jerk and backward pull on the bit."
"It was not my hand, I swear it. I was not even thinking of him. He was going
up with a fairly loose rein, as a matter of course."
"I should have seen it, had you done it," Lute said. "But it was all done
before you had a chance to do anything. It was not your hand, not even your
unconscious hand."
"Then it was some invisible hand, reaching out from I don't know where."
He looked up whimsically at the sky and smiled at the conceit.
Martin stepped forward to receive Dolly, when they came into the stable end of
the grove, but his face expressed no surprise at sight of Chris coming in on
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